June 13, 2018

A short Digest today with primarily preprints. A policy piece on diabetic patient care in the UK, Wolbachia strains never found before in Anopheles mosquitoes, and fecal pollution contributing to antibiotic resistant genes in waste water.

Jobs

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiome Data Science – Johns Hopkins University

General microbiology

Preprint: DivIVA concentrates mycobacterial cell envelope assembly for initiation and stabilization of polar growth – Emily Sarah Melzer et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Genome-wide fitness assessment during diurnal growth reveals an expanded role of the cyanobacterial circadian clock protein KaiA – David G Welkie et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: The fungal-specific Hda2 and Hda3 proteins regulate morphological switches in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans – Misty Peterson et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Chance and pleiotropy dominate genetic diversity in complex bacterial environments – Lianet Noda-Garcia et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Molecular basis for the evolution of species-specific hemoglobin capture by pathogenic Staphylococcus – Jacob E Choby et al. – bioRxiv

Antibiotic resistance

Preprint: Comparison of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus ciprofloxacin monotherapy in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections in children – Ahu Aksay et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: The reduced prevalence of macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical isolates from pediatric patients in Beijing in 2016 – Xiu jun Tian et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: The key lethal effect existed in the antibacterial behavior of short, medium, and long chain fatty acid monoglycerides on Escherichia coli – Song Zhang et al. – bioRxiv

Human oral microbiome

Preprint: The stress hormone cortisol induces virulence in the oral microbiome – Ana Emilia Duran-Pinedo et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

** Policy: Diabetes UK nutrition guidelines: reinforcing the foundations of diabetes care – Mark Greener – Practical Diabetes

Animal microbiome

** Preprint: Novel Wolbachia strains in Anopheles malaria vectors from Sub-Saharan Africa – Claire L Jeffries et al. – bioRxiv

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Preprint: The effect of susceptible and resistant potato cultivars on bacterial communities in the tuberosphere of potato in soil suppressive or conducive to common scab disease – Marketa Sagova-Mareckova et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Re-programming of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae gene expression during early stages of infection of kiwifruit – Peter McAtee et al. – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

** Preprint: Fecal pollution explains antibiotic resistance gene abundances in anthropogenically impacted environments – Antti Karkman et al. – bioRxiv

Phages and viruses

Preprint: Adomaviruses: an emerging virus family provides insights into DNA virus evolution – Nicole L Welch et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Epstein-Barr Virus May Contribute to Central Nervous System Involvement in HIV-positive Individuals – Tommaso Lupia et al. – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Preprint: PorSignDB: a database of in vivo perturbation signatures for dissecting clinical outcome of PCV2 infection – Nicolaas Van Renne et al. – bioRxiv

June 3, 2018

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Itumeleng

Today’s digest full of great and fun studies including a fungal survey of the atmosphere and links between gut microbiome and MS.

General Microbiome

RNA-based stable isotope probing (RNA-SIP) to unravel intestinal host-microbe interactions. Egert M. Methods

Environmental Sources of Bacteria Differentially Influence Host-Associated Microbial Dynamics.Cardona C. mSystems

Biohydrogen production from space crew’s waste simulants using thermophilic consolidated bioprocessing.Wang J. Bioresource Technology

Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection and protozoan load in South African women: a cross-sectional study.de Waaij DJ.BMJ Open

Time course metabolome of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass confirms correlation between leptin, body weight and the microbiome.Seridi L. PLoS One

Gut Microbiome

A gut feeling about multiple sclerosis.Quintana FJ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dietary fat and gut microbiota: mechanisms involved in obesity control.Coelho OGL. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Probiotic Species in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota: An Overview.Azad MAK J. Biomedical Research International.

The Relationship between Frequently Used Glucose-Lowering Agents and Gut Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Lv Y. Journal of Diabetes Research

The Gut Microbiome Profile in Obesity: A Systematic Review.Castaner O. International Journal of Endocrinology.

The Lactobacillus Bile Salt Hydrolase Repertoire Reveals Niche-Specific Adaptation.O’Flaherty S. mSphere

Skin Microbiome

Early-life skin microbiota in hospitalized preterm and full-term infants.Younge NE. Microbiome.

Oral Microbiome

Stimulated and unstimulated saliva samples have significantly different bacterial profiles.Gomar-Vercher S. PLoS

Alterations in the oral microbiome in HIV-infected participants after antiretroviral therapy administration are influenced by immune status.Presti RM. AIDS

Oral microbiota in youth with perinatally acquired HIV infection. Starr JR. Microbiome

Air and Water Microbiome

Biogeochemical probing of microbial communities in a basalt-hosted hot spring at Kverkfjöll volcano, Iceland.Cousins CR. Geobiology

Taxonomic diversity of fungi deposited from the atmosphere.Woo C. ISME Journal.

Model Communities Hint at Promiscuous Metabolic Linkages between Ubiquitous Free-Living Freshwater Bacteria.Garcia SL. mSphere.

Animal Experiments and Microbiome

Thermal processing of food reduces gut microbiota diversity of the host and triggers adaptation of the microbiota: evidence from two vertebrates.Zhang Z. Microbiome

Longevity extension in Drosophila through gut-brain communication.Westfall S. Scientific Reports

Exploring the diversity-stability paradigm using sponge microbial communities.Glasl B. Scientific Reports

Exploring the Microbiome of Callinectes sapidus (Maryland Blue Crab).Ramachandran P. Genome Announcements

Effect of different types of olive oil pomace dietary supplementation on the rumen microbial community profile in Comisana ewes.Mannelli F. Scientific Reports

Variation in faecal microbiota in a group of horses managed at pasture over a 12-month period.Salem SE. Scientific Reports

Intestinal microbiota composition is altered according to nutritional biorhythms in the leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus).Mekuchi M. PLoS One

Characterization of the fecal and mucosa-associated microbiota in dogs with colorectal epithelial tumors.Herstad KMV.PLoS One

Fungal, Bacterial, and Archaeal Diversity in the Digestive Tract of Several Beetle Larvae (Coleoptera). Ziganshina EE. Biomedical Research International.

Plant and Soil Microbiomes

Antibiotic Resistance in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria. Sundin GW. Annual Review of Phytopathology

Characterization of Microbial Communities in Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetlands with Salicornia for Treatment of Marine Aquaculture Effluents.Ma X. Archaea.

Fall Armyworm-Associated Gut Bacteria Modulate Plant Defense Responses.Acevedo FE. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Multifunctional potential of endophytic and rhizospheric microbial isolates associated with Butia purpurascens roots for promoting plant growth.da Silva CF. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Rapid Microbial Community Changes During Initial Stages of Pine Litter Decomposition.Gołębiewski M. Microbial Ecology

In situ relationships between microbiota and potential pathobiota in Arabidopsis thaliana.Bartoli C. ISME Journal.

June 1, 2018

Posted on June 1, 2018 by xinhuang7

Happy June! A rich Digest today featuring evolution of antibiotic resistant Enterobacter, a review on links between gut microbiota and gastrointestinal cancers, and functional variation in the gut microbiome of wild Drosophila populations. Enjoy!

General microbiology

Metaproteomics method to determine carbon sources and assimilation pathways of species in microbial communities – Manuel Kleiner et al. – PNAS

Commentary: The need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides – Philip J. Landrigan and Fiorella Belpoggi – Environmental Health

Antibiotic resistance

** Genomic and Geographic Context for the Evolution of High-Risk Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Complex Clones ST171 and ST78 – Angela Gomez-Simmonds, Medini K. Annavajhala and Zheng Wang et al. – mBio

Doctoral thesis: Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program for Urinary Tract Infections – Michel, Kaysha Pollyanna – Wilmington University

Preprint: Disrupting folate metabolism alters the capacity of bacteria in exponential growth to develop persisters to antibiotics – Jasmine Morgan et al. – bioRxiv

Pregnancy and early life

Probiotic supplementation and associated infant gut microbiome and health: a cautionary retrospective clinical comparison – C. Quin et al. – Scientific Reports

Human skin microbiome

The microbiota of traumatic, open fracture wounds is associated with mechanism of injury – Casey Bartow‐McKenney et al. – Wound Repair and Regeneration

Human gut microbiome

Review: Gut nutrient sensing and microbiota function in the control of energy homeostasis – Gilles Mithieux – Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Gut Microbiota: FFAR Reaching Effects on Islets – Medha Priyadarshini et al. – Endocrinology

Pathophysiology of diverticular disease – Kathleen M. Schieffer et al. – Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

** Review: Gut microbiota-mediated inflammation in obesity: a link with gastrointestinal cancer – Patrice D. Cani & Benedicte F. Jordan – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Combining amplicon sequencing and metabolomics in cirrhotic patients highlights distinctive microbiota features involved in bacterial translocation, systemic inflammation and hepatic encephalopathy – Valerio Iebba et al. – Scientific Reports

Human gut-microbiome-brain axis

Review: Recognizing Depression from the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis – Shan Liang et al. – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Review: Microbiota‐gut‐brain axis: Interaction of gut microbes and their metabolites with host epithelial barriers – Y. Bhattarai – Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Animal experiments

Enterobacter cloacae administration induces hepatic damage and subcutaneous fat accumulation in high-fat diet fed mice – Anniina Keskitalo et al. – PLoS One

Mouse: Intestinal microbiota enhances pancreatic carcinogenesis in preclinical models – Ryan M Thomas et al. – Carcinogenesis

Consumption of transglycosylated starch down-regulates expression of mucosal innate immune response genes in the large intestine using a pig model – Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli et al. – British Journal of Nutrition

N-Acetyl-Cysteine Alleviates Gut Dysbiosis and Glucose Metabolic Disorder in High-Fat Diet-Induced Mice – Junping Zheng et al. – Journal of Diabetes

The Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study on glyphosate and Roundup administered at human-equivalent dose to Sprague Dawley rats: effects on the microbiome – Qixing Mao and Fabiana Manservisi et al. – Environmental Health

Animal microbiome

Insights into the gut microbiota of freshwater shrimp and its associations with the surrounding microbiota and environmental factors – Yanting Zhao et al. – Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Bacterial Microbiota Assemblage in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes and Its Impacts on Larval Development – Xiaoming Wang et al. – Molecular Ecology

Cockroach: The role of gut microbiota in the regulation of standard metabolic rate in female Periplaneta americana – Paul A. Ayayee et al. – PeerJ

Preliminary Analysis of the Proteome of Exhaled Breath Condensate in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) – Bergfelt, Don R et al. – Aquatic Mammals

** Functional variation in the gut microbiome of wild Drosophila populations – Alyssa Bost et al. – Molecular Ecology

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Book chapter: Genomic Identification and Analysis of Specialized Metabolite Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Plants Using PlantiSMASH – Satria A. Kautsar et al. – Plant Chemical Genomics

Compositional and abundance changes of nitrogen-cycling genes in plant-root microbiomes along a salt marsh chronosequence – Miao Wang et al. – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Effects of transgenic Bt rice on the active rhizospheric methanogenic archaeal community as revealed by DNA-based stable isotope probing – Cheng Han et al. – Journal of Applied Microbiology

Unlocking the bacterial and fungal communities assemblages of sugarcane microbiome – Rafael Soares Correa de Souza et al. – Scientific Reports

Diversity of culturable methylotrophic bacteria in different genotypes of groundnut and their potential for plant growth promotion – R. Krishnamoorthy et al. – 3 Biotech

Water and extremophile microbiome

Bacterial Communities Changes during Food Waste Spoilage – Shanghua Wu et al. – Scientific Reports

Impact of anti-acidification microbial consortium on carbohydrate metabolism of key microbes during food waste composting – Caihong Song et al. – Bioresource Technology

Exploratory Study of Archaebacteria and their Habitat in Underground, Opencast Coal Mines and Coal Mine Fire Areas of Dhanbad – D. Mukherjee et al. – Journal of the Geological Society of India

Book chapter: A Practical Guide to Studying the Microbiology of Karst Aquifers – Olivia S. Hershey et al. – Karst Water Environment

Phages and viruses

Responses of intestinal virome to silver nanoparticles: safety assessment by classical virology, whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatics approaches – Kuppan Gokulan and Aschalew Z Bekele et al. – International Journal of Nanomedicine

Technology

In silico design of novel proton-pump inhibitors with reduced adverse effects – Xiaoyi Li et al. – Frontiers of Medicine

Preprint: Diagnosing Bacterial Vaginosis with a Novel, Clinically-Actionable Molecular Diagnostic Tool – Joseph P Jarvis et al. – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

PhyMet2: a database and toolkit for phylogenetic and metabolic analyses of methanogens – Burdukiewicz Michał et al. – Environmental Microbiology Reports

Microbes in the news

Robert Chapkin on Relationships Between the Gut Microbiome, Diet, and Colorectal Cancer – Cancer Network

What are bacteria doing in the bladder? – Gregor Reid – Nature Reviews Urology

May 31, 2018

Posted on May 31, 2018 by anjacobson

Metagenomic analysis of the endangered kakapo fecal microbiota, a role for the microbiota in the social interaction habits of mice, using fecal metabolomics to readout functions of the gut microbiome.

General microbiome

Pre-print: Measuring the archaeome: detection and quantification of archaea signatures in the human body – Manuela R Pausan – bioRxiv

Human skin microbiome

Short‐term direct contact with soil and plant materials leads to an immediate increase in diversity of skin microbiota – Mira Grönroos – Microbiology Open

Human oral microbiome

Preliminary esophageal microbiome studies prompt important scientific questions – Yash Choksi – Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Human urinary microbiome

Calcium Oxalate Urolithiasis: A Case of Missing Microbes? – Carlos Alfredo Batagello – Journal of Endourology

Animal experiments

Social interaction-induced activation of RNA splicing in the amygdala of microbiome-deficient mice – Roman M Stilling – eLIFE

Differences in cecal microbiome of selected high and low feather-pecking laying hens – P Birkl – Poultry Science

Digestive microbiota is different in pigs receiving antimicrobials or a feed additive during the nursery period – Cassandra Soler – PLOS ONE

Dietary supplementation with yeast hydrolysate in pregnancy influences colostrum yield and gut microbiota of sows and piglets after birth – Shah Hasah – PLOS ONE

Dietary sodium butyrate improves intestinal development and function by modulating the microbial community in broilers – Wei Wu – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Network-guided genomic and metagenomic analysis of the faecal microbiota of the critically endangered kakapo – David W Waite – Scientific Reports

Bacterial diversity and community structure of the intestinal microbiome of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) during ontogenesis – Francisca A Burgos – Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Pre-print: Consortia of anti-nematode fungi and bacteria in the rhizosphere of soybean plants attacked by root-knot nematodes – Hirokazu Toju – bioRxiv

The importance of phyllosphere on plant functional ecology: a phyllo trait manifesto – Bruno H P Rosado – New Phytologist

Biocatalytic potential of Streptomyces spp. isolates from rhizosphere of plants and mycorrhizosphere of fungi – Jelena Spasic – Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry

Hosts do not simply outsource pathogen resistance to protective symbionts – Jan Hrček – Evolution

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial Diversity in Sediments from the Bottom of the Challenger Deep, the Mariana Trench – Takuro Nunoura – Microbes and Environments

Microbial Community Composition and Putative Biogeochemical Functions in the Sediment and Water of Tropical Granite Quarry Lakes – Amit Kumar – Microbial Ecology

Bloom of a denitrifying methanotroph, “Candidatus Methylomirabilis limnetica”, in a deep stratified lake – Jon S Graf – Environmental Microbiology

Food microbiology

Microbiome dynamics during spontaneous fermentations of sound grapes in comparison with sour rot and Botrytis infected grapes – Jessica Lleixà – International Journal of Food Microbiology

Pre-print: Microbial Community Structure and Diversity of Shrimp Paste at Different Fermentation Stages – Dai Lingying – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

MetaHMM: A webserver for identifying novel genes with specified functions in metagenomic samples – Balázs Szalkai – Genomics

Metabolomics

The fecal metabolome as a functional readout of the gut microbiome – Jonas Zierer – Nature Genetics

More microbes

Pre-print: Aggregation of Vibrio cholerae by cationic polymers enhances quorum sensing but over-rides biofilm dissipation in response to autoinduction – Nicolas Perez-Soto – bioRxiv

Microbes in the news

Virus genes from city pond rescue bacteria – ScienceDaily

May 26, 2018

Posted on May 26, 2018 by aalexiev

We have a big variety of topics covered in today’s posts, from built environment to bat microbiome to biolfilms!

Biofilms

Genomic identification of microbial species adhering to maxillofacial prostheses and susceptibility to different hygiene protocols – Juliana Barchelli, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research

Anti-biofilm effect of a butenolide/polymer coating and metatranscriptomic analyses – Wei Ding, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research

Microbial ecology

Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning – Samiran Banerjee, Nature Reviews Microbiology

Diversity, Stability, and Reproducibility in Stochastically Assembled Microbial Ecosystems – Akshit Goya, Physical Review Letters

Pregnancy and early life

Iron supplementation has minor effects on gut microbiota composition in overweight and obese women in early pregnancy – Marloes Dekker Nitert, British Journal of Nutrition

Human respiratory microbiome

The concordance between upper and lower respiratory microbiota in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia – Wenkui Dai, Emerging Microbes & Infections

The lung microbiome in children with HIV-bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional pilot study – Refiloe Masekela, BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Human skin microbiome

Does Lindioil (Indirubin) treatment affect the composition of Malassezia species on psoriatic skin? – Y. K. Lin, British Journal of Dermatology

Shift in skin microbiota of Western European women across aging – Romain Jugé, Journal of Applied Microbiology

Human vaginal microbiome

Understanding mucosal and microbial functionality of the female reproductive tract by metaproteomics: Implications for HIV transmission – Alicia R. Berard, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Vaginal microbiome studies in pregnancy must also analyse host factors – S.S. Witkin, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Vaginal microbiome in early pregnancy and subsequent risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a case‐control study – Negar Tabatabaei, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Human gut microbiome

Structural Alteration of Gut Microbiota during the Amelioration of Human Type 2 Diabetes with Hyperlipidemia by Metformin and a Traditional Chinese Herbal Formula: a Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label Clinical Trial – Xiaolin Tong, mBio

The role of diet in the aetiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease – Hamed Khalili, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Animal experiments

Ethanolamine enhances intestinal functions by altering gut microbiome and mucosal anti-stress capacity in weaned rats – Jian Zhou, British Journal of Nutrition

Helicobacter pylori-infected C57BL/6 mice with different gastrointestinal microbiota have contrasting gastric pathology, microbial and host immune responses – Zhongming Ge, Scientific Reports

Evaluation of the impact of glyphosate and its residues in feed on animal health – European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EFSA Journal

Risks for animal health related to the presence of fumonisins, their modified forms and hidden forms in feed – EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), EFSA Journal

Plateau hypoxia attenuates the metabolic activity of intestinal flora to enhance the bioavailability of nifedipine – Juanhong Zhang, Drug Delivery

Animal microbiome

Fecal Microbiota Composition Changes after a Body Weight Loss Diet in Beagle Dogs – A Salas, Journal of Animal Sciences

The fecal bacterial microbiota of bats; Slovenia – Modest Vengust, PLOS One

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Fertilization shapes a well-organized community of bacterial decomposers for accelerated paddy straw degradation – Yushan Zhan, Scientific Reports

Paddy-upland rotation for sustainable agriculture with regards to diverse soil microbial community – Ping-Fu Hou, Scientific Reports

Annual post‐market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in 2016 – European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EFSA Journal

Conserved Responses in a War of Small Molecules between a Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium and Fungi – Joseph E. Spraker, mBio

Pseudomonads contribute to regulation of Pratylenchus penetrans (Nematoda) populations on apple – Tristan T. Watson, Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Taxon-specific aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an experimental ocean-atmosphere mesocosm – Jennifer M. Michaud, Nature Communications

Combined genotyping, microbial diversity and metabolite profiling studies on farmed Mytilus spp. from Kiel Fjord – Caroline Utermann, Scientific Reports

Bathyarchaeota: globally distributed metabolic generalists in anoxic environments – Zhichao Zhou, FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Probiotics / prebiotics

Dietary fibers, prebiotics, and exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria: potential health benefits with special regard to cholesterol-lowering effects – E. Korcz, Food and Function

Pharmacomicrobiomics: exploiting the drug-microbiota interactions in anticancer therapies – Concetta Panebianco, Microbiome

Built environment

City-scale distribution and dispersal routes of mycobiome in residences – Xinzhao Tong, Microbiome

Unraveling bacterial fingerprints of city subways from microbiome 16S gene profiles – Alejandro R. Walker, Biology Direct

Bioinformatics

ASaiM: a Galaxy-based framework to analyze microbiota data – Bérénice Batut, GigaScience

Comprehensive benchmarking and ensemble approaches for metagenomic classifiers – Alexa B. R. McIntyre, Genome Biology

Techniques

The Present and Future of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and Whole Metagenome Sequencing (WMS) for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes across the Food Chain – Elena A. Oniciuc, Genes

A microbial endocrinology-based simulated small intestinal medium for the evaluation of neurochemical production by gut microbiota – Daniel N Villageliú, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

May 24, 2018

Posted on May 24, 2018 by anjacobson

Pest gut microbiota indirectly effects plant defenses in corn, evolution of microbial social behavior from shearing in flow environments, a model to predict cytokine responses based on multi-comics data integration.

General microbiome

Shearing in flow environment promotes evolution of social behavior in microbial populations – Gurdip Uppal – eLIFE

Pregnancy and early life

Review: The Neonatal Microbiome and Its Partial Role in Mediating the Association between Birth by Cesarean Section and Adverse Pediatric Outcomes – D Montoya-Williams – Neonatology

Human respiratory microbiome

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps is characterized by dysbacteriosis of the nasal microbiota – Thanit Chalermwatanachai – Scientific Reports

Human oral microbiome

Metagenomic study of bacterial microbiota in persistent endodontic infections using Next‐generation sequencing – G Sánchez-Sanhueza – International Endodontic Journal

Human gut microbiome

Iron Sequestration in Microbiota Biofilms As A Novel Strategy for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Jean-Paul Motta – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Temporal and long‐term gut microbiota variation in allergic disease: A prospective study from infancy to school age – Kotryna Simonyté Sjödin – European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Bangladeshi children with acute diarrhea show fecal microbiomes with increased Streptococcus abundance, irrespective of diarrhea etiology – Silas Kieser – Environmental Microbiology

Animal experiments

Effects of a protease and essential oils on growth performance, blood cell profiles, nutrient retention, ileal microbiota, excreta gas emission, and breast meat quality in broiler chicks – J H Park – Poultry Science

Colonic Inhibition of Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Increases Colitogenic Bacteria, Causing Development of Colitis in Il10-/- Mice – Jonathon Mitchell – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Review: Microbial Signatures as a Predictive Tool in IBD—Pearls and Pitfalls – Nadine Waldschmitt – Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Oral hydroxysafflor yellow A reduces obesity in mice by modulating the gut microbiota and serum metabolism – Juan Liu – Pharmacological Research

Impact of commensal flora on periodontal immune response to lipopolysaccharide – Daiki Fukuhara – Journal of Periodontology

Animal microbiome

Poor feed efficiency in sheep is associated with several structural abnormalities in the community metabolic network of their ruminal microbes – Rocky D Patil – Journal of Animal Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Cadmium phytoextraction potential of king grass (Pennisetum sinese Roxb.) and responses of rhizosphere bacterial communities to a cadmium pollution gradient – Li Hu – Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Gut-Associated Bacteria of Helicoverpa zea Indirectly Trigger Plant Defenses in Maize – Jie Wang – Journal of Chemical Ecology

Water and extremophile microbiome

Microbial activity during a coastal phytoplankton bloom on the Western Antarctic Peninsula in late summer – María E Alcamán-Arias – FEMS Microbiology Letters

Effects of partially saturated conditions on the metabolically active microbiome and on nitrogen removal in vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands – Catiane Pelissari – Water Research

Pre-print: Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, northeastern Philippines – Andrian P Gajigan – PeerJ

Food microbiology

Porous Silicon-Based Biosensors: Towards Real-Time Optical Detection of Target Bacteria in the Food Industry – Naama Massad-Ivanir – Scientific Reports

Probiotics/prebiotics

Survival of Planktonic and Sessile Cells of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus reuteri upon Exposure to Simulated Fasting-State Gastrointestinal Conditions – Kyle B Klopper – Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Phages and viruses

Pre-print: A novel oceanic uncultured temperate cyanophage lineage – José Flores-Uribe – bioRxiv

Bioinformatics

Integration of multi-omics data and deep phenotyping enables prediction of cytokine responses – Olivier B Bakker – Nature Immunology

More microbes

Pre-print: New sequential touch method for determining bacterial contact transfer rate from finger to surface – Pengcheng Zhao – bioRxiv

Amy’s non-microbiology picks

Restoration of paper artworks with microemulsions confined in hydrogels for safe and efficient removal of adhesive tapes – Nicole Bonelli – PNAS

May 23, 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by edwardmessick

Today’s digest is packed full of awesome gut microbiome studies, a bunch of plant/soil studies, new features to QIIME and other bioinformatics, as well as a good serving of interesting pre-prints, editorials, and doctoral theses. Enjoy!

General microbiome

Microbial micropatches within microbial hotspots – Lisa M. Dann – PLOS ONE

Pregnancy and early life

The matter of the reproductive microbiome – Sam Schoenmakers – Obstetric Medicine

* Gestational diabetes is associated with change in the gut microbiota composition in third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum – Mie Korslund Wiinblad Crusell – Microbiome

The importance of appropriate initial bacterial colonization of the intestine in newborn, child, and adult health – W Allan Walker – Pediatric Research

Human oral microbiome

Oral health status in historic population: Macroscopic and metagenomic evidence – Claire Willmann – PLOS ONE

The Subgingival Microbiome of Periodontal Pockets With Different Probing Depths in Chronic and Aggressive Periodontitis: A Pilot Study – Meng Shi – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Human gut microbiome

[Pre-print] Gut microbiota markers in obese adolescent and adult patients: age-dependent differential patterns – Federica Del Chierico – Frontiers in Microbiology

Clinical applications of gut microbiota in cancer biology – Sunny H. Wong – Seminars in Cancer Biology

* Microbiome-Mediated Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Inflammation – Melisa A Bailey – Advances in Nutrition

** Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury – Benjamin M Howard – Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

* Hypoxia induces senescence of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells via altered gut microbiota – Junyue Xing – Nature Communications

Animal experiments

The bacterial and archaeal community structures and methanogenic potential of the cecal microbiota of goats fed with hay and high-grain diets – Wei Jin – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Effects of whole-grain rice and wheat on composition of gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in rats – Fei Han – Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry

Animal microbiome

Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles – Chelsea L. Blankenchip – PeerJ

Altered gut microbiota associated with intestinal disease in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) – Ngoc Tuan Tran – World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The gut microbiome is associated with behavioural task in honey bees – J. C. Jones – Insectes Sociaux

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers – Kasie Raymann – Current Opinion in Insect Science

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Microbial communities in soil profile are more responsive to legacy effects of wheat-cover crop rotations than tillage systems – Anil Somenahally – Soil Biology and Biochemistry

New insights into the effects of support matrix on the removal of organic micro-pollutants and the microbial community in constructed wetlands – Liang Zhang – Environmental Pollution

[Doctoral thesis] Imprint of management on microbial communities in arable soil – Putz, Martina

Study of microbial diversity in plant–microbe interaction system with oil sludge contamination – Dhote, Monika – International Journal of Phytoremediation

Effect of different potassium levels on nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen bacteria and nitrogen archaea bacteria communities in rhizosphere of tobacco plant – WENG Zebin – Acta Tabacaria Sinica

Canola Root–Associated Microbiomes in the Canadian Prairies – Chih-Ying Lay – Frontiers in Microbiology

Leaf-associated bacterial microbiota of coffee and its correlation with manganese and calcium levels on leaves – Leandro Pio de Sousa – Genetics and Molecular Biology

[Review] Organic Amendments, Beneficial Microbes, and Soil Microbiota: Toward a Unified Framework for Disease Suppression – Giuliano Bonanomi – Annual Review of Phytopathology

[Pre-print] Metagenomic sequencing provides insights into the location of microbial detoxification in the gut of a small mammalian herbivore – Kevin D. Kohl – bioRxiv

[Pre-print] Archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryal microbial community structure of sediment and seawater in a coastal region near Puerto Nuevo, Baja California – Sabah Ul-Hasan – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome

Deterministic mechanisms define the long-term anaerobic digestion microbiome and its functionality regardless of the initial microbial community – M.Peces – Water Research

Built environment

[Editorial] Microbiome Yarns: microbiome of the built environment, paranormal microbiology, and the power of single cell genomics – Kenneth Timmis – microbial biotechnology

New Techniques for the Generation and Analysis of Tailored Microbial Systems on Surfaces – Ariel L. Furst – Biochemistry

* [Pre-print] Strainlevel overlap between infant and hospital fungal microbiomes revealed through de novo assembly of eukaryotic genomes from metagenomes – Matthew R. Olm – bioRxiv

Probiotics / prebiotics

The effects of probiotics supplementation on metabolic health in pregnant women: An evidence based meta-analysis – Jia Zheng – PLOS ONE

Bioinformatics

[Pre-print / doctoral thesis] Recovering 2,032 Baltic Sea microbial genomes by optimized metagenomic binning – Alneberg, Johannes – DiVA

** Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin – Nicholas A. Bokulich – Microbiome

Techniques

Functional Genomics Approaches to Studying Symbioses between Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia – Martina Lardi – High-Throughput

VSITA, an Improved Approach of Target Amplification in the Identification of Viral Pathogens – Yi Zhang – Europe PMC

Making and Sequencing Heavily Multiplexed, High-Throughput 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Amplicon Libraries Using a Flexible, Two-Stage PCR Protocol – Ankur Naqib – Gene Expression Analysis

Ed’s non-microbiology picks

The Environmental Protection Agency in the Early Trump Administration: Prelude to Regulatory Capture

Perspectives on the Great Amazon Reef: Extension, Biodiversity, and Threats

Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity

Eggs not linked to cardiovascular risk, despite conflicting advice

Noninvasive spinal stimulation method enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands, study finds

Cannabidiol significantly reduces seizures in patients with severe form of epilepsy

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A daily digest of scientific microbiome papers, by the MD team. Founded by Elisabeth Bik, microbiome and science integrity consultant. Twitter: @microbiomdigest

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